I'm rethinking how I plan goals. This year, I'm starting with three big-picture goals. Then I can make monthly/weekly/day-by-day action steps toward those goals. My hope is that with these three life-sized goals always in front of me, I'll make more progress than if I have a hefty list of things like "lose 5 pounds" or "read 52 books."
As we'll likely be moving this year, a lot of things are up in the air. But we can always come back to basics, to building the
foundation of our faith and family. And when I'm staring down the barrel of leaving behind friends, family, and all I've known in married adult life thus far? I'd say foundations are crucial. So I'm focusing on...
- Pursuing God with purpose and discipline. I need Jesus. More. And I struggle with making the time for study, prayer, and service, but I'm looking forward to growing in this area.
- Creating a happier, more orderly home atmosphere. Scrunch turned one this week. I'm running out of baby-turns-everything-upside-down excuses. We need order and cheer and peace in greater supply than we've had lately.
- Putting X into savings, paying off Y in student loans. Like the specificity? I have a couple of numbers in my head, but the bloggity world will survive without knowing the details.
In the coming weeks, I'll be fleshing out the details, because S.M.A.R.T. goals (Small, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable, Time-Bound) are ones that stick and help you win. Stay tuned for more details.
I know it's still early, but have you started thinking about goals for 2014?
I've been thinking of my goals for 2014 this week, as well. I tend to plan huge (sometimes very unrealistic) goals for myself and then utterly fail. I think that your idea of having a few large/broad goals instead of 15 "small" ones will be much better! Concentrating on the 3 large goals will trickle down to all the 15.
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